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m Volume 62 Issue 9 Monday, August 30, 1999 1 w B R T A T U N V R T Y Signpost I WSU launches new 'user By Angie Welling editor in chief-Tbe Signpost After more than a year of planning and preparation, Weber State University's newly designed website is almost ready to make its debut. The new design is meant to be more user focused than the website the university has used for the past three years. - m, i s - m -vf 9 - '111 IT II T - r ,,, ,r " 1 L r T3 ' v ,, itiwiniwimi'i 1 ji-i. . : v 1 Are there any 'used' ones left? Angie Adams, a bookstore employee, helps Jeffrey Williams find one of his books for class. For the past week, the bookstore has been crammed with students purchasing books for fall semester. Entering freshmen face new graduation requirements By Tanna Barry news editor-The Signpost Computers are becoming a major component of everyday life, so Weber State University has developed a new core requirement enabling students to learn some basic computer skills necessary in life, said Kathleen Lukken, associate provost. "As they students look at society and the way technology is changing, they can see that al Sports Graybeal opens the football season with fresh faces amid returning players See page 1 6 'The new website will be more user-oriented." said Garth Tuck, WSU's webmaster. Tuck said the old website had no logic, which made it difficult to navigate. To remedy this, the new site will feature six main categories (students, alumni, faculty and staff, community and general information) where visitors can click on the appropriate subject. "A student simply links on the student area, and all the information they need is there," Tuck said. 4 5. ,4 --- .jr, t most everything is connected to the computer in some way," Lukken said. Lukken said this requirement was determined and approved by the faculty because "it is an essential life skill for students." WSU students who fall under the 1999-2000 catalog or later need to complete a new computer and information literacy requirement beTore graduating. "This is a statewide issue," Lukken said. 'This has been discussed among the nine higher learning institutions in Utah. " Lukken said at least four of Don Gardner, WSU's chief information officer, agreed that the new site will be more user-friendly. Gardner also said the site will be more professional."It's a more sophisticated way of going about it," he said. The project began as a result of requests from administrators, faculty and staff at WSU, Tuck said. The web development firm SUMUS Interactive was hired to review the old site and re A , "As they students look at society and the way technology is changing, they can see that almost everything is connected to the computer in some way." Kathleen Lukken, associate.provost those institutions have a requirement similar to the computer and information literacy requirement at WSU. Students in the 1998-1999 Arts The Barenaked Ladies perform a stellar show in West Valley's E-Center See page 6 mm friendly' search what was needed in the new site. Upon completion of the review, SUMUS turned in its research to the President's Council. The recommendations were accepted in fall 1998 and the real work began. Along with SUMUS, an ad hoc Web Steering Committee was formed to consult on the project. The committee consisted of Gardner, Provost David Eisler and Executive Director of Government Relations Carol Berrey. SUMUS produced the main de Students want more flexible class schedules SURVEY SAYS part one A Student Satisfaction Inventory By Leo Dirr Campus Affairs Editor The Signpost Weber State University students say being able to register for classes with few conflicts is the most important aspect of the university, and WSU does not fully meet their expectations, according to the 1999 Noel-Levitz student satisfaction inventory. Question 34 "I am able to register for classes I need with few conflicts" recieved the highest importance rating, 6.56 on a seven-point scale, of all questions on the spring 1999 survey of 953 students. The question's importance rating at WSU was almost identical to the national average of 6.54. WSU students gave the question a 6.52 importance rating in 1998. school year, however, do not need to complete this requirement although it was listed in last year's catalog. The list simply showed that this News The Val A. Browning " Center welcomes students after two A. years of construction ... See pages 1 4 & 1 5 att --: website sign, which Tuck consulted with the company from a technical standpoint. Although SUMUS was responsible for most of the graphics on the new site, employees at WSU did contribute to the effort. "We made minor modifications to fit with what the university wanted," Tuck said. According to Gardner, numerous people were responsible for the upcoming website's success, from beginning to end. "It was a joint effort from many people," Gardner said. WSU students have ranked question 34 as one of the three most important every year since 1996, when Noel-Levitz was first conducted at WSU. According to the 1999 results, released this summer, WSU students ranked satisfaction of the registration-with -few-conflicts question at 4.57, down .20 from last year. WSU's average satisfaction rating was almost identical to the national average of 4.55. But the performance gap, the difference between importance and satisfaction, was 1.99 points, which was identical to the national average. Steven Kerr, institutional analyst, said a two-point gap demands attention. "Even though that's around the national average, that's certainly something we need to improve if the gap is that large," Kerr said. Noel-Levitz asks students to rate each category from one to seven on importance and satisfaction. The average satisfaction rating is subtracted from the average importance rating to yield the See Survey page 3 requirement existed, but did not offer any further information. It was placed in the catalog after the actual requirement was approved in 1997-1998 when the school was converting to semesters. However, it took longer than anticipated to pinpoint the specifics of the requirement. This requirement states that students need to be proficient in four specific content areas: word processing, operating systems, e-mail and databases, spreadsheets See Freshman page 1 1 www.weber.edusignpost

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m Volume 62 Issue 9 Monday, August 30, 1999 1 w B R T A T U N V R T Y Signpost I WSU launches new 'user By Angie Welling editor in chief-Tbe Signpost After more than a year of planning and preparation, Weber State University's newly designed website is almost ready to make its debut. The new design is meant to be more user focused than the website the university has used for the past three years. - m, i s - m -vf 9 - '111 IT II T - r ,,, ,r " 1 L r T3 ' v ,, itiwiniwimi'i 1 ji-i. . : v 1 Are there any 'used' ones left? Angie Adams, a bookstore employee, helps Jeffrey Williams find one of his books for class. For the past week, the bookstore has been crammed with students purchasing books for fall semester. Entering freshmen face new graduation requirements By Tanna Barry news editor-The Signpost Computers are becoming a major component of everyday life, so Weber State University has developed a new core requirement enabling students to learn some basic computer skills necessary in life, said Kathleen Lukken, associate provost. "As they students look at society and the way technology is changing, they can see that al Sports Graybeal opens the football season with fresh faces amid returning players See page 1 6 'The new website will be more user-oriented." said Garth Tuck, WSU's webmaster. Tuck said the old website had no logic, which made it difficult to navigate. To remedy this, the new site will feature six main categories (students, alumni, faculty and staff, community and general information) where visitors can click on the appropriate subject. "A student simply links on the student area, and all the information they need is there," Tuck said. 4 5. ,4 --- .jr, t most everything is connected to the computer in some way," Lukken said. Lukken said this requirement was determined and approved by the faculty because "it is an essential life skill for students." WSU students who fall under the 1999-2000 catalog or later need to complete a new computer and information literacy requirement beTore graduating. "This is a statewide issue," Lukken said. 'This has been discussed among the nine higher learning institutions in Utah. " Lukken said at least four of Don Gardner, WSU's chief information officer, agreed that the new site will be more user-friendly. Gardner also said the site will be more professional."It's a more sophisticated way of going about it," he said. The project began as a result of requests from administrators, faculty and staff at WSU, Tuck said. The web development firm SUMUS Interactive was hired to review the old site and re A , "As they students look at society and the way technology is changing, they can see that almost everything is connected to the computer in some way." Kathleen Lukken, associate.provost those institutions have a requirement similar to the computer and information literacy requirement at WSU. Students in the 1998-1999 Arts The Barenaked Ladies perform a stellar show in West Valley's E-Center See page 6 mm friendly' search what was needed in the new site. Upon completion of the review, SUMUS turned in its research to the President's Council. The recommendations were accepted in fall 1998 and the real work began. Along with SUMUS, an ad hoc Web Steering Committee was formed to consult on the project. The committee consisted of Gardner, Provost David Eisler and Executive Director of Government Relations Carol Berrey. SUMUS produced the main de Students want more flexible class schedules SURVEY SAYS part one A Student Satisfaction Inventory By Leo Dirr Campus Affairs Editor The Signpost Weber State University students say being able to register for classes with few conflicts is the most important aspect of the university, and WSU does not fully meet their expectations, according to the 1999 Noel-Levitz student satisfaction inventory. Question 34 "I am able to register for classes I need with few conflicts" recieved the highest importance rating, 6.56 on a seven-point scale, of all questions on the spring 1999 survey of 953 students. The question's importance rating at WSU was almost identical to the national average of 6.54. WSU students gave the question a 6.52 importance rating in 1998. school year, however, do not need to complete this requirement although it was listed in last year's catalog. The list simply showed that this News The Val A. Browning " Center welcomes students after two A. years of construction ... See pages 1 4 & 1 5 att --: website sign, which Tuck consulted with the company from a technical standpoint. Although SUMUS was responsible for most of the graphics on the new site, employees at WSU did contribute to the effort. "We made minor modifications to fit with what the university wanted," Tuck said. According to Gardner, numerous people were responsible for the upcoming website's success, from beginning to end. "It was a joint effort from many people," Gardner said. WSU students have ranked question 34 as one of the three most important every year since 1996, when Noel-Levitz was first conducted at WSU. According to the 1999 results, released this summer, WSU students ranked satisfaction of the registration-with -few-conflicts question at 4.57, down .20 from last year. WSU's average satisfaction rating was almost identical to the national average of 4.55. But the performance gap, the difference between importance and satisfaction, was 1.99 points, which was identical to the national average. Steven Kerr, institutional analyst, said a two-point gap demands attention. "Even though that's around the national average, that's certainly something we need to improve if the gap is that large," Kerr said. Noel-Levitz asks students to rate each category from one to seven on importance and satisfaction. The average satisfaction rating is subtracted from the average importance rating to yield the See Survey page 3 requirement existed, but did not offer any further information. It was placed in the catalog after the actual requirement was approved in 1997-1998 when the school was converting to semesters. However, it took longer than anticipated to pinpoint the specifics of the requirement. This requirement states that students need to be proficient in four specific content areas: word processing, operating systems, e-mail and databases, spreadsheets See Freshman page 1 1 www.weber.edusignpost